Liberal Youth of Sweden
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Liberal Youth of Sweden Liberala ungdomsförbundet | |
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The Liberals | |
International affiliation | International Federation of Liberal Youth (IFLRY) |
European affiliation | European Liberal Youth (LYMEC) |
Website | www |
The Liberal Youth of Sweden (Swedish: Liberala ungdomsförbundet, LUF) is the youth wing of the Swedish Liberals. The Liberal Youth of Sweden has a long tradition of international cooperation and is a full member of the International Federation of Liberal Youth (IFLRY) and the European Liberal Youth (LYMEC). They have published the magazine Liebling - Liberal Youth since 1961.
History
The Liberal Youth of Sweden traces its roots back to
The two liberal parties reunited in August 1934 as the
At the congress in 1991 the youth league changed its name to the Liberal Youth of Sweden after the People's Party had renamed itself the
On 28 February 2016 the Stockholm branch of the party passed a motion calling for the legalization of incest and necrophilia.[3]
Organisation
LUF has 21 districts, the three largest being Stockholm, Väst and Skåne. The highest decisionmaking authority is the congress, which is held every year. 99 congress delegates are elected by the districts, with one seat for each district and the remainder allocated in proportion to their number of members. Once every two years the congress discusses and amends the Liberal Youth's policy programme. The most recent such congress was held in 2019 in Västerås.
Districts
- Blekinge
- Dalarna
- Gotland
- Gävleborg
- Halland
- Jämtland/Härjedalen
- Jönköping
- Kalmar
- Kronoberg
- Norrbotten
- Skåne
- Stockholm (covers Greater Stockholm area)
- Södermanland
- Uppsala
- Värmland
- Väst (covers Västra Götaland and Kungsbackamunicipality)
- Västerbotten
- Västernorrland
- Västmanland
- Örebro
- Östergötland
List of chairpersons
- Bertil Ohlin, 1934–1939
- Lennart Hartman, 1939–1945
- Gunhild Palmqvist, 1945–1948
- Nils Schön, 1948–1950
- Sven Wedén, 1950–1952
- Gunnar Helén, 1952–1954
- Bengt Johnson, 1954–1957
- Sven H. Åsbrink, 1957–1959
- Göran C.-O. Claesson, 1959–1960
- Per Ahlmark, 1960–1962
- Ola Ullsten, 1962–1964
- Gustaf Lindencrona, 1964–1966
- Thomas Hammarberg, 1966–1969
- Per Gahrton, 1969–1971
- Lars Leijonborg, 1971–1973
- Johan Schück, 1973–1974
- Billy Olsson, 1974–1975
- Bonnie Bernström, 1975–1977
- Christer Nilsson, 1977–1979
- Peter Örn, 1979–1983
- Maria Leissner, 1983–1985
- Torbjörn Pettersson, 1985–1987
- Lars Granath, 1987–1989
- Lotta Edholm, 1989–1991
- Fredrik Malmberg, 1991–1995
- Karin Karlsbro, 1995–1997
- Erik Ullenhag, 1997–1999
- Birgitta Ohlsson, 1999–2002
- Fredrik Malm, 2002–2006
- Frida Johansson Metso, 2006–2009
- Adam Cwejman, 2009–2012
- Linda Nordlund, 2012–2015
- Henrik Edin, 2015–2016
- Joar Forssell, 2016–2019
- Romina Pourmokhtari, 2019–2022
- Erik Berg 2022–
References
- ^ a b "HANDLINGSPROGRAM" (PDF). luf.se. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-05-23. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ "Liberal historia » Liberalism » Liberala ungdomsförbundet". Archived from the original on 2009-04-29. Retrieved 2009-05-01.
- ^ "Incest and necrophilia 'should be legal', according to youth political group". The Independent. February 22, 2019. Archived from the original on 2022-06-14.
External links
- Official website (in Swedish)